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Churches and Charity in the Immigrant City : Religion, Immigration, and Civic Engagement in Miami / ed. by Alex Stepick, Sarah J. Mahler, Terry Rey.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (336 p.) : 12Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780813544595
  • 9780813547145
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 261.8089/00973 22
LOC classification:
  • BV639.I4 C58 2009
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Religion, Immigration, and Civic Engagement -- Part One. Charismatic Leaders and Linking Civic Social Capital -- 2. So Close and Yet So Far Away: Comparing Civic Social Capital in Two Cuban Congregations -- 3. Refugee Catholicism in Little Haiti: Miami's Notre Dame d'Haiti Catholic Church -- 4. Politics and Prayer in West Perrine: Civic Engagement in the Black Church -- Part Two. Service and Volunteerism and Bridging Civic Social Capital -- 5. Unidos en la Fe: Transnational Civic Social Engagement between Two Cuban Catholic Parishes -- 6. La Catedral del Exilio: A Nicaraguan Congregation in a Cuban Church -- 7. Black Churches and the Environment in Miami -- Part Three. Religious and Spiritual Activities and Bonding Social Capital -- 8. Youth and Charity in a Sweetwater Parish: Our Lady of Divine Providence Church -- 9. Faith in the Fields: Mexican Marianism in Miami-Dade County -- 10. The Struggle for Civic Social Capital in West Indian Churches -- 11. Religious Practice and Civic Social Capital among Miami Youth -- 12. Conclusions: Religious Leadership and Civic Social Capital -- Contributors -- Index
Summary: In addition to being a religious countryùover ninety percent of Americans believe in God--the United States is also home to more immigrants than ever before. Churches and Charity in the Immigrant City focuses on the intersection of religion and civic engagement among Miami's immigrant and minority groups. The contributors examine the role of religious organizations in developing social relationships and how these relationships affect the broader civic world. Essays, for example, consider the role of leadership in the promotion and creation of "civic social capital" in a Haitian Catholic church, transnational ties between Cuban Catholics in Miami and Havana, and several African American congregations that serve as key comparisons of civic engagement among minorities. This book is important not only for its theoretical contributions to the sociology of religion, but also because it gives us a unique glimpse into immigrants' civic and religious lives in urban America.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Religion, Immigration, and Civic Engagement -- Part One. Charismatic Leaders and Linking Civic Social Capital -- 2. So Close and Yet So Far Away: Comparing Civic Social Capital in Two Cuban Congregations -- 3. Refugee Catholicism in Little Haiti: Miami's Notre Dame d'Haiti Catholic Church -- 4. Politics and Prayer in West Perrine: Civic Engagement in the Black Church -- Part Two. Service and Volunteerism and Bridging Civic Social Capital -- 5. Unidos en la Fe: Transnational Civic Social Engagement between Two Cuban Catholic Parishes -- 6. La Catedral del Exilio: A Nicaraguan Congregation in a Cuban Church -- 7. Black Churches and the Environment in Miami -- Part Three. Religious and Spiritual Activities and Bonding Social Capital -- 8. Youth and Charity in a Sweetwater Parish: Our Lady of Divine Providence Church -- 9. Faith in the Fields: Mexican Marianism in Miami-Dade County -- 10. The Struggle for Civic Social Capital in West Indian Churches -- 11. Religious Practice and Civic Social Capital among Miami Youth -- 12. Conclusions: Religious Leadership and Civic Social Capital -- Contributors -- Index

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In addition to being a religious countryùover ninety percent of Americans believe in God--the United States is also home to more immigrants than ever before. Churches and Charity in the Immigrant City focuses on the intersection of religion and civic engagement among Miami's immigrant and minority groups. The contributors examine the role of religious organizations in developing social relationships and how these relationships affect the broader civic world. Essays, for example, consider the role of leadership in the promotion and creation of "civic social capital" in a Haitian Catholic church, transnational ties between Cuban Catholics in Miami and Havana, and several African American congregations that serve as key comparisons of civic engagement among minorities. This book is important not only for its theoretical contributions to the sociology of religion, but also because it gives us a unique glimpse into immigrants' civic and religious lives in urban America.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)